Interview with Tyson & Ali, 1989.

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 14 Aug 2006, 12:12

Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9u5Ow9hoc

Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc219TLi ... ed&search=

Part 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w15YDSeR ... ed&search=

During the interview, Ali is asked who would have won between himself and Tyson. Ali says Tyson would have beaten him. What do you think?

It's the first time I've seen the interview!

AndreWardFan2006 · Post by **AndreWardFan2006** » 14 Aug 2006, 13:33

youtube pisses me off! I can never get it to download for more then 15 seconds. Is that Leonard with them, too?

~A.W.F~

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 14 Aug 2006, 13:36

Clearly Tyson would have been able to beat Ali in 1989. Perhaps if he hadn’t developed Parkinson’s it might have been at least competitive, although Ali was pretty old by then.

mattym · Post by **mattym** » 14 Aug 2006, 13:41

Hey bare in mind, by this time Ali had done a complete turn-around and become incredibly humble. If Ali can stop Joe Frazier and George Foreman when past his physical prime, Tyson wouldnt have been able to beat him. If they fought 100 times, id say Tyson would win 5 or 6.

EDIT: i used the wrong type of bear for "bare in mind"... how embarasiing i hate when people do that.

evndrbsn · Post by **evndrbsn** » 14 Aug 2006, 14:51

Thanks for this. That was a pretty special interview to watch. It was really difficult to hear him since he spoke so softly, but after this point he was almost impossible to understand because of Parkinson's.